They look difficult, but even wildly popular blogger Bakerella swears making cake pops are easy. Using a box cake mix and three-fourths of a tub of ready-made frosting yields 48 cake balls. Convenient, no?

Follow these tips to ensure everything else in the accompanying recipe for a basic cake ball is just as simple:

1. The cake balls will be easier to roll if you wash and dry your hands periodically during the rolling process. Dry your hands completely each time, to make sure you don't get water in the candy coating.

2. Use a mini ice cream scoop to get uniform-size cake balls.

3. If you don't want to make 48 cake balls, divide the cake in half for 24 cake balls or in quarters for 12 and freeze the remaining cake for later use. Remember to reduce the amount of frosting proportionally.

4. To serve pops on lollipop sticks, dip half a lollipop stick into the melted candy coating, then insert the lollipop stick into an uncoated cake ball, pushing it no more than halfway through. Then dip the cake ball into the melted candy coating, as directed.